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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Amyt Datta
| image = Amyt_Datta.JPG
| caption = Amyt Datta in concert with Pinknoise 2009.
| birth_name = Amyt Datta
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|10|20}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India
| instrument = Electric guitar, [[Guitar Synthesizer]], Acoustic Guitar, Bass, [[Lap steel guitar]]
| genre = Rock, [[Jazz]], [[Blues]], [[Experimental music|Experimental]].
| occupation = Musician, guitarist, [[record producer|producer]], composer
| years_active = 1985–present
| website = https://soundcloud.com/amytdatta
}}

'''Amyt Datta''' (born 20 October 1960) is a guitarist, and producer from Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web |author=Bruce Lee Mani |date=2008-03-01 |url=http://www.rollingstone-india.com/feature/featuredetails.php?featureid=248 |work=Rolling Stone Magazine (India) |title=India's Best Axe-Men |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630131500/http://www.rollingstone-india.com/feature/featuredetails.php?featureid=248 |archive-date=30 June 2009 |access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> He toured extensively with the rock band Shiva from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He later played with Pinknoise, the late-night alter ego to pop/rock band Skinny Alley in the early 2000s <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thepinknoise.bandcamp.com/|title=Economy of Love, by The Pink Noise|website=The Pink Noise}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://skinnyalley.bandcamp.com/|title=Skinny Alley|website=Skinny Alley}}</ref> and has continued his own solo work, often in collaboration with Jivraj Singh of [[Parekh & Singh]]. His most recent album The Red Plant was released on 10 December 2021.

==Early life==

His father was an educationist and his mother belonged to a family with a strong musical tradition. Amyt's maternal grandfather [[Raichand Boral]] is regarded as the father of Bollywood music.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

He and his cousin started playing the guitar when they found a lap steel guitar lying around in their home. They started taking guitar lessons which were mostly in Indian classical and semi-classical music. He started taking western music theory lessons from the legendary [[Carlton Kitto]]. His first guitar was what he calls "the Trunk". It was made by his friend who took just Rs. 300 from him. It looked like a log and had a very high action.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exnihilomagazine.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/tales-of-the-blue-eyed-boy-an-interview-with-amyt-dutta/ |title=Tales of the Blue-Eyed Boy: An Interview with Amyt Dutta |access-date=1 June 2013 |date=15 June 2008}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2021}}

==Discography==
*''D for Brother'' 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nh7.in/indiecision/2010/02/12/amyt-dattas-d-for-brother-online/ |title=Amyt Datta's D For Brother Online › NH7 | Discover new music and explore alternative culture from India and around the world |publisher=Nh7.in |date=12 February 2010 |access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref>
*''Escape the Roar'', SKINNY ALLEY, 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skinnyalley.bandcamp.com/track/escape-the-roar |title=Escape The Roar | Skinny Alley |publisher=Skinnyalley.bandcamp.com |date=1 January 2003 |access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref>
*''Songs from the Moony Boom'', SKINNY ALLEY, 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.cdbaby.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726092613/http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/skinnyalley |title=CD Baby Music Store|archive-date=26 July 2008|website=store.cdbaby.com}}</ref>
*''Quirkwork'', PINKNOISE, 2009
*''PINKFRAUD'', PINKNOISE, 2009
*''The Dance of the Diaspora'', PINKNOISE, 2009–2010
*''Electropink'', PINKNOISE, 2010
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130724045010/http://amytdatta.com/ambiance-de-danse Ambiance de Danse]'', solo, 2013
*''[http://music.amytdatta.com/ Pietra Dura]'', solo, 2016
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060836/http://music.amytdatta.com/album/amino-acid Amino Acid]'', solo, 2016
*[https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/amyt-dattas-guitar-is-on-song-always/cid/1835235 Roja Planta], solo, 2021

==Movie career==
In 2011, Amyt Datta appeared as a guitarist in a [[Bangla Rock|Bengali rock]] musical movie [[Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona]] directed by Anjan Dutt. In 2019, he appeared in ''If Not for You'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10418976/|title=If Not for You (2019)|website=[[IMDb]] |date=24 May 2019|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> a documentary about [[Kolkata]]'s long lasting love affair with legendary singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]].

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202135632/http://itspinknoise.com/ PINKNOISE]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040430025916/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040318/asp/calcutta/story_3017581.asp Bound by fret, friendship : Jayashree Singh and Amyt Dutta]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170459/http://www.ilovekolkata.in/index.php/Beatspace/A-conversation-with-Amyt-Datta.html A conversation with Amyt Datta By Anant Shrivastava]
*[http://exnihilomagazine.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/tales-of-the-blue-eyed-boy-an-interview-with-amyt-dutta/ Tales of the Blue-Eyed Boy: An Interview with Amyt Dutta By Priyanka Roy]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090630131500/http://www.rollingstone-india.com/feature/featuredetails.php?featureid=248 India's Best Axe-Men, RollingStone, India.]
*[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=123250&category=Arts&catID=6 Article on Merinews]
*{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20050506105442/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2004/04/26/stories/2004042601720300.htm Article in ''The Hindu'']}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090626220107/http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/music/music_details.asp?code=11&source=1 TimeOut Mumbai Article]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100113094743/http://www.indiecision.com/tag/pink-noise/ Indiecision Interview]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090626135602/http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=18826 Screen India Article]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090626184802/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=205353 Kolkata Newsline Article on Jayashree Singh]

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